Search

Search Results

• Apply / Parents and educators

  For school counselors

  about transcripts and recommendation materials — we are happy to help! Fee ... regionalized officer who exclusively presents to your school or area. All of our ... prepared to speak with you and answer your questions.[/intro] Reach out to us
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Creative portfolios

  applicant. Portfolio fee and fee waivers The fee to submit each portfolio is ... , you may qualify for a fee waiver. To request a fee waiver, send a brief email to our SlideRoom portfolio team with the subject line “SlideRoom Fee
• Discover / The MIT education

  Independent Activities Period

  regularly scheduled classes to do...whatever they want![/intro] [annotation note='With the unintentional benefit, according to then-President Howard ... ,[/annotation] IAP has grown to be a unique feature of the MIT education, offering
• Apply / Transfer applicants

  Transfer deadlines & requirements

  your secondary/high school, college, and university transcripts to be ... . Application fee of $75 (or fee waiver) After submitting your application, the ... , visual artists, and makers to submit optional supplemental materials by the

• Request a group tour

  Groups of 6–50 students are welcome to submit a request for a private group ... . Please note this tour is designed to assist prospective undergraduate ... information session, and we are not able to accommodate groups larger than 50
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Deadlines & requirements

  . Application fee of $75 (or fee waiver) Have supplemental materials? Creative ... , visual artists, and makers to submit optional supplemental materials by the ... significant to you and relevant to your MIT application. Once you have submitted
• Apply / First-year applicants

  DACA & undocumented applicants

  As part of our mission to uphold meritocracy and fair access for ... students. For those students who face financial barriers, we offer fee ... consider your (in)ability to pay for MIT in our admissions process
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  STEM programs

  people who dare to enjoy nerdy things, and help you prepare for the rigor ... students find to be exciting resources for their growth—though your local community may have some great programs, too! To be clear, we understand that
• Afford / Cost & affordability

  How much it costs

  [intro]We are committed to helping our students pay for their MIT ... -free. Those who do borrow tend to have debt at graduation lower than the ... salary of $145,820 for graduates entering industry according to the most
• About

  About MIT Admissions

  and selection of all undergraduate applicants to the Institute ... aspire to attend it. As one of our colleagues once wrote, we believe that ... we do not take for granted and work very hard to keep. Our Mission The
• Pages

  WISE 2026

  completely free, including the cost of transportation to and from MIT. We ... backgrounds to apply, including students who come from low socioeconomic means, live in a rural area, or might be the first in their family to attend
• Afford / Cost & affordability

  How to apply for aid

  detailed picture of what kind of aid you’ll need to be able to attend MIT affordably. Three steps to apply for aid. CSS Profile: a tool provided by the College Board that we use to determine if you qualify for a need
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  Be yourself!

  If you’re thinking about applying to MIT, you're probably curious, love to learn, and want to work on big problems to make the world a better place. It can be tricky to sum up all that you’re passionate about
• Apply / Parents and educators

  How to write good letters of recommendation

  beyond their own self-advocacy.[/intro] A guide to writing letters of ... . Try to give a complete sketch of the student and the context of their ... . Try to address the following questions in your recommendation: What
• Apply / First-year applicants

  QuestBridge

  MIT is proud to be a QuestBridge partner About QuestBridge Quest ... think they may be eligible to learn more about QuestBridge and consider ... -achieving high school seniors, regardless of citizenship, to apply to QB partner

• Next steps

  [intro]You made it to the end of our virtual visit experience! We hope it helped you get to know MIT and the students that make this place so special. Before you go, we have some final resources for you to take
• Apply / Parents and educators

  Advising your students

  ways to define the best, and we think it’s important that young people be ... terms, we want students to pursue the things that interest them with energy and enthusiasm. We want students to make decisions that are
• Apply / Preparing for MIT

  Extracurricular activities

  Some students feel so much pressure to get into the “right” college that they want to make sure they do everything “right”—down to their extracurricular or co-curricular activities.  On our application, we ask for up to
• Apply / Parents and educators

  For parents

  enough to take the social and intellectual risks that make college really worthwhile. In order to best understand how this process works, we encourage you to review information we've posted about the first-year application
• Pages

  First-year learning communities

  , you move to a new city, live with a new roommate, enroll in new classes ... trying to navigate your new life! Amidst the huge changes, some students ... . These groups help to provide a close-knit community and academic environment to